Massachusetts · Nonprofit
HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO
HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,847 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,482). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $111k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $109k
What Henry C Sanborn School PTO does
Mission
Sanborn PTO is committed to inclusivity and connecting families to each other and the school; addressing school and teacher needs; enriching our students' experience through field trips, in school programs, and events;
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Our largest accomplishment this year was raising funding to build a new playground at the school. Our other largest programs is the "explorations" which is before and after school activities. Student Enrichment (I.e. field trips) was our third largest program.
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2025 to 2026, from $23k to $109k (+368%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $290 → $257.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
80% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
80% of HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $365 that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,238 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,238 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO?
- HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,847 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,482). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,847 in grants to HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,482 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HENRY C SANBORN SCHOOL PTO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing